Solomon L. Jeffers
Home Town: Little Rock, AR
RELATED HEROES STORIES
Distinguished Service Cross
Philippine Insurrection
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 7, W.D., 1925
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Solomon L. Jeffers, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action against insurgent forces, near Licuan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1900. With great gallantry and fearlessness Lieutenant Jeffers led seven men up a narrow trail against unknown numbers of the enemy, flanked their position, and killed or captured the entire number.